Sunday, April 30, 2017

Weekends Best Performers

Highlighted Stallions I Am Invincible and Foxwedge

  • Riziz --  The latest unlikely Australian millionaire racehorse. The 8 year old won the listed $110,000 City of Adelaide Stakes, making it 15 wins from his 56 starts. He courageously fought off all challenges down the straight to record a deserved victory and his trainer Ken Sweeney says he is willing to give the eight year old one last shot at his Melbourne Cup. The group 1 Goodwood Hcp in a fortnights time. He has had three tries at the event with his best being a third behind Smokin Joey in 2014. Sweeney says he is in career best form, right now and deserves one last chance before retirement. The Zariz gelding has nine stakes wins to his name. He is out of a Covetous mare. Zariz stands at Kooringal Stud
 Zariz service fee $5500

  • Kobayashi -- Hotdog for the Leon Corstens stable recorded a good win in the Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup at Caulfield Saturday. Ridden well by Ben Thompson the I Am Invincible colt proved too hard to run down with the Al Maher colt Al Passem finishing two lengths away second. Owned by a group of ladies and purchased at the Magic Million sales on the Gold Coast the colt was named after a world record Japanese hot dog eater. Corstens said, they are one happy group of ladies and after being asked what''s next for Kobayashi, Corstens hinted that they were most likely to put him away for a spring campaign and a possible crack at the Caulfield Guineas. He is now the 20th stakes winner for the stallion who stands at Yarraman Park Stud for $55,000 service fee.  The sire of that brilliant little filly I''m A Star.

I Am Invincible
by the Green Desert stallion Invincible Spirit 
out of Cannarelle a daughter of  Canny Lad 

  • Fox Hall -- The three year old Foxwedge gelding puts up a brave performance to score a length win in the Listed $110,000 H C Nitschke Stakes. Foxwedge, the Fastnet Rock stallion is now on top of the second season stallion earnings for 2016/17. His trainer,Tony McEvoy said the Listed Adelaide Guineas 1600m at Morphettville on Saturday on May 13 was his next target. He said the 1600 is a question mark but he has earned a shot at it.



  • Star Exhibit -- Recently transferred to Darren Weir the Perth Cup winner Star Exhibit has scored a brilliant win in his Melbourne debut in Saturdays Listed Thoroughbred Club Stakes 1440m at Caulfield. Its his third stakes win in a row and his record 9 wins of 18 starts has put a Brisbane carnival trip on the cards. The Statue of Liberty gelding is out of a Jeune mare.

  • Wise Hero -- He made it three wins from four starts with a hard-fought victory in Saturday's Next Payments Handicap 1200m at Caulfield. The Kaphero geldings trainer John Price says he will only improve on the run. We are going to have to search out some options for his next start. He is out of a Falvelon mare. Kaphero, the Danzero stallion was foaled in 2003 and was moved to Riverdene in 2015. A bargain stallion who last year scored a double on the same day from his progeny in Singapore and always produces genuine racehorses here in Australia. Top nicks, see Scenic and his son Blevic both rating highly with Rory's Jester and Jeune mares also prominent. 



  • Fabrizio -- The Waterhouse/Bott trained gelding who was involved in the track gallop switch a few weeks back . Got to show his worth on a good Raceday track. The Hawkesbury Gold Cup was his from start to finish, ridden a treat by Jason Collett, the result never looked in doubt. Waterhouse says he is most likely to head to Queensland for the carnival. The gelding has now won 8 of 14 starts. He is by High Chapparal out the Desert King dam Desina.

  • Music Magnate  -- He is on track to defend his Doomben 10,000 crown on May 13, after the Written Tycoon gelding's win in the Group 2 Victory stakes on Saturday. The heavy tracks were not his cup of tea in Sydney over the carnival. We gave him a freshen up and putting him back on a good track has surely helped him produce his best,  trainer Bjorn Baker said. This now makes his record 8 wins of 17 starts and over a million in prize money.

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